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60 million good Americans voted for that wall. And, since they won the pres.-election, don't you think they should have some say-so on security?

Congress is the one who allots the money.

41 minutes ago, Taipan said:

Please reconsider your position. Let's give 5 billion to the Dems and 5 billion the GOP. And the 800,000 WON'T have to suffer.

Isn't that logical?

Not logical at all. It is wrong to waste money on stupid things like Trump is doing. Congress is offering plenty of money for border security. Trump's just throwing a tantrum because no money is being given specifically for a wall. If Trump chooses to make people suffer for his whiny temper tantrum, then he will have to bear the damage it will do to his falling approval ratings. He was told up front that there will be no wall. This is SOLELY on Trump.

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Paul Ryan, McConnell, McCain. Did they hate Trump more than they loved their country? Maybe.

It is hard enough to win a football game without some of our own players crossing over to

the other side of the field and playing ball for our opponents.

Maybe they just didn't think building a contiguous wall from El Paso to San Diego was a sane thing to do?

Now we're at a couple of hundred miles of pre-fabbed fencing, which the some in the BP say would be useful. Other than the $10 million per mile price tag, I don't see what the hangup is.

Sorry, my quote was wrong. It's $24.5 million per mile according to Trump's ask, rather than $10.5 million currently allocated to replace some existing fence.

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Currently, according to the spokesperson for the CBP's San Diego sector, they're spending $10.5 million a mile to replace 14 miles of old fencing with 18-foot-tall, state-of-the-art, steel bollard barrier between San Diego County and Tijuana. Trump has asked for an additional $5.7 billion for 234 miles of new steel slat fencing in sections along the entire U.S.-Mexico boundary. That works out to $24.4 million a mile.

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Not logical at all. It is wrong to waste money on stupid things like Trump is doing. Congress is offering plenty of money for border security. Trump's just throwing a tantrum because no money is being given specifically for a wall. If Trump chooses to make people suffer for his whiny temper tantrum, then he will have to bear the damage it will do to his falling approval ratings. He was told up front that there will be no wall. This is SOLELY on Trump.

Congress allots the money....they suck at it pretty hard. 7 trillion wasted in the middle east over 17 years.

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Not logical at all. It is wrong to waste money on stupid things like Trump is doing. Congress is offering plenty of money for border security. Trump's just throwing a tantrum because no money is being given specifically for a wall. If Trump chooses to make people suffer for his whiny temper tantrum, then he will have to bear the damage it will do to his falling approval ratings. He was told up front that there will be no wall. This is SOLELY on Trump.

I lived on Rio Grande for 10yrs. I want 234mi. of barrier.

The Border Patrol wants 234mi. of barrier.

60 million victorious voters want 234mi. of barrier.

Will you give it to us-----or do you want to fight?

Do remember Val Kilmer in the movie Tombstone? Doc Holliday says to Ringo, "do you want to fight? I am your Huckleberry".

President Trump has called for a wall along the border with Mexico to stop undocumented immigrants and drugs from entering the United States. But Border Patrol agents on the front lines say they need more technology and additional personnel to curb the illegal traffic, according to a report released on Thursday by Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

The report was based on internal Customs and Border Protection documents from the 2017 fiscal year. It concluded that less than one half of 1 percent of the agents’ suggestions to secure the Southwest border mentioned the need for a wall.